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INCINERATING CHIMNEY.

APPLICATION FILED IMY3I11918.

1,321,239. j Patented Nov, 11, 1919. l

WIr'NEssES f INVENToR,

ATTORNEY! UNITED STATES MCI-IARD E. OBERBT, OF MILWAUKE,-WISCONSIN mcINEnA'riNe-CHIMNEY.

specnicnuen oi :edm Patent.

Patented Nov. 1,1, 1919.

g Application h led H31 31. 1918; Serial I0. 237.141.

com ined with the chimney of un ordinary hcatin plant, and provided with means where y refuse, including pn r, gui-linge, ctc., may be deposited in the 're pot from various floor levels of apartment buildings, flats, residences sind other buildings whew.- in ncinerating devicemay be found useful, through hop erV openings provided in the chimney fort et pur iose. One obect ol' my invention is to provi: e a grating :u apted for use in the enlarged lower end of the refuse burnin clogged `with garbage in such n manner. un tocheck the sur currents normally -iuoving upwardly in the chimney, these air currents being utilized to dry the g irbegc. A further object of my invention is to provide u.

ing having n. rnscdlmrtion terminaiti 'in un oblique extension which will not on y pieve-.nt thc rhiuiney currents from bef )nir o n u wi l also receive `the impacto of the gerbiwe, and break open the packages thoreof, itieing coimnou rau-.tice for the houwholdi-.r to wmp up rc yuse material in pupi-.rs before dumping it into the incim-rutini! chimney. 4

A further object. of my invention is to provide mums for preventing burning nui-- terinis from boing carried upwardly hy the air currents to the top of the chimney where Such materials might otherwise lio. deposited upon be roof of the building, or upon the roofs of adjacent buildings. A further obfalling ject is to prov iden chimney of the dcscrilwd class' in which the structural featuresare r'cduved to the simplest possible forni., while n'lording maximum strength fat minimum sost.

Figure 1 is :t vertical sectional view of :i chimney embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 'is :t similar view, teken ut right angles, m Fig. '1.

Like parte are identilied by the sumo reference c iei'actcrs throughout both views,

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chimney, n nd which will not bccomc tructed by the gui-hago, but which` The chimney A 'is enlarged at ite lower end on three sides, three of the wells of the chininc Y`being inclined an indicated at B and B in F igs. 1 and 2. 'C inl thc smoke pige of a heater located in the basement of a uilding, und below this smoke pipe the chimney is provided with a. fuel opening l) andan nidi it opcnin D',tlieseheuig closed by hinged oors E um E' respectively.

Within tho enlarged lower portion ofthe chimney a (frate supporting frame F is mounted, im this frame upon a transverse axis, one of the pvotnlly suplpoi'ted trunnions G bein extended, througi the chininev -wall, an

provided with an exterior' hundle Il, wherey the te may be oscilleted.

It w' be obscured that the grate support ing frame docs not extend entirely' across the 'fire pot cavity of the chimney, but terminotes ut a. dintnncerom therein' wall. The

Nar portion lof the grate (lis provided with at its upper a -vertical extension J, h nrin r cud un inclined extrusion J', lille upper inargin of which bears against thereiir viali of the chimney at K when the. grat (l is in normul horizontallyfdisposed sition. The extensions .l und .if ere rigid y unocted with the au G, whereby, when the latter is tilt/e1 byueans of the handle Il to the position indicated b dotted lines in Fi 2, the cxtensiiute .l .uu J' will bc lifted un swung forwurdly ns also indicated by dotted lines. The inclined portion J' may thus be .swung t0 or beyond a position in which its bars are verticnll disposed.

v(ill a tilting grate VG is pivoted inA It wil be observed -in Fig. l that the :is iiulicutrd at K', in order to provi: e the.

inclination-of the portion J', whereby the space between the vetical portion J- und l. le reni' welll of [he c iiumev may br nulliciently inclusi-l to prevent garbage from passing downwardly ut the renr of the horizontal grato (l to the bottoni of Ilu- :ish pit. L.

The portion M of theV chimney uhoic the grate (i und below the fred opi-ning: l) coustituus the lire pot portion of the 'lilunov. The gurbugc muy he dropped on the grille froiuvariom: lloor levels through hopper openings N provided with gruvtv operutx'd lids (l. Above thi-se hopper iipenings I preferably locate a pivotcd screen l', luiv ing centrally disposed transversely extending trimnions journaled in the chimney walls, 'and extended on one side "to the ex terior, where one of the trunnions is pro- "vided with a weilghted handle Q adapted to hold the screen normally in a horizontal position. The screen P may be located above the uppermost hop er opening, although this is not essentie since any garbage, dumped upon the screen' from a`level above that occupied b the screen, may readily be allowed to fal to the bottom of tlie chimney by lifting the weight Q, and swinging the weight supporting lever toward a horizontal sition. As soon as the weight is released it will automatically swing down- .the'gra wardly by gravity, and restore the screen to a horizontal position. The screen may be a perforate sheet metal screen, or it may be composed of wire netting, or of a. ietiof gribmi' b 'need' pad nuse,te. a wi um 'u n. the grate G gil-crm gthe various floor leiigls through the hoppers N. Most of the arbage will strike the inclined portion AJ of te, and will be distribud from this portion to thedierizontal portion G. Any

ack of rbage dropped upon the p i liars will broken open if in su cient uantit and of suflicientweight to make it i esirab e that thi contents of such packages should be distributed. If the screen Pis located below the uppermost hopHer, it will,

of course, be necessary to osci ate it frequently in order to dump -any garbage thereon, and allow the same to fall into t e lire t portion of the chimney.

Tlligcontents of the fire pot portion' of the chimney may be periodically ignited.` Ordinaril the ascending air current will have driedY the garbage .to such an extent thatpa 'ier and other material of a highly inflamrna le character may readily be ignited, and combustion promoted to such an extent as throughout the reinainer of their length,

and arranged with the' inclined portions spanning the space between the vertical portions, and* one wall of the chimney, and adapsed to breakup packages ofmateral flipping from the`upper opening, and' to istrihute the contents over the fuel on the uel supporting` portion of the grate.l A 2'. The combination with an incinerating chimney, having a garbage receiving openingm .its upper portion, and a tilting grate in its lower portion, said grate comprising a fuel sup orting portion, and bars extend@v ing verti ly from the fuel supporting por teinitstion for part of their length, and inclined n throughout the remainder of their length,v anil arr 1 i with the inclined portionsl spanning space between the vertical portions 'and adapted to break up pac dropping from the upper opening, and tol distribute the contents over the fuel on the fuel su porting portion of the grate,'and

means iortilting said grate in a direction portionstliereof toward the op site side of the chimney from that to whic the inclined portions .normally-extend.

ne wall of the chimney, and,

kages of material so to carry the vertical bars and the inclined In testimony whereof i aix illy-signature y inthe presenoeof'two witnesses. n RICHARD E. OBERST,

to completely consume the mass,bl1t if addi- Witn:

tional fuel is required.- this can be inserted through the feed opening After the l Fmnnicx W. Norma,

O. C. Waisen. 

